Best Archer Troops Stats and Comparison Guide for Beginners
Archer provides range support for your army, especially when it comes to protecting your cities against enemy invasions in Rise of Kingdoms.
Archer is the second troop type and can be trained via Archery in Rise of Kingdoms.
The following civilizations that specializes in archer unique units are:
The following commanders that specializes in archer skill are:
- Artemisa I
- Edward of Woodstock
- El Cid
- Hermann
- Kusunoki Masashige
- Ramesses II
- Tomoe Gozen
- Tomyris
- Yi Seong-Gye
Rise of Kingdoms Archer List
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Slinger | 1 | All | ![]() |
60 | 123 | 120 | Very Fast | 6 | 1 |
Bowman | 2 | All | ![]() |
125 | 128 | 128 | Fast | 8 | 2 |
Composite Bowman | 3 | All | ![]() |
158 | 155 | 163 | Normal | 9 | 3 |
Crossbowman | 4 | Most | ![]() |
192 | 192 | 187 | Slow | 11 | 4 |
Longbowman | 4 | Britain | ![]() |
202 | 192 | 187 | Slow | 11 | 4 |
Chu-Ko-Nu | 4 | China | ![]() |
197 | 197 | 187 | Slow | 11 | 4 |
Hwarang | 4 | Korea | ![]() |
192 | 202 | 187 | Slow | 11 | 4 |
Janissary | 4 | Ottoman | ![]() |
197 | 192 | 192 | Slow | 11 | 4 |
Royal Crossbowman | 5 | Most | ![]() |
220 | 216 | 212 | Very Slow | 13 | 10 |
Elite Longbowman | 5 | Britain | ![]() |
232 | 216 | 211 | Very Slow | 13 | 10 |
Elite Chu-Ko-Nu | 5 | China | ![]() |
227 | 222 | 212 | Very Slow | 13 | 10 |
Elite Hwarang | 5 | Korea | ![]() |
221 | 227 | 212 | Very Slow | 13 | 10 |
Elite Janissary | 5 | Ottoman | ![]() |
227 | 216 | 216 | Very Slow | 13 | 10 |
Slinger
Slinger are the second type of troop to be trained in Rise of Kingdoms. They throw puny rocks at your enemies and don’t really do that much of damage.
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1 | All | ![]() |
60 | 123 | 120 | Very Fast | 6 | 1 |
Bowman
Bowman is a Tier 2 archer, equipped with a simple bow which does quite a bit more damage and is better equipped for improved defense and health.
Tier | Civ | Age | ![]() |
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2 | All | ![]() |
125 | 128 | 128 | Fast | 8 | 2 |
Composite Bowman
Composite Bowman becomes available for training at Tier 3 and is better equipped to whittle the arrows at enemy targets.
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3 | All | ![]() |
158 | 155 | 163 | Normal | 9 | 3 |
Crossbowman
Crossbowman become available for training at Tier 4. They are equipped with a crossbow which does a serious amount of damage and is better armored to withstand rough impacts.
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4 | Most | ![]() |
192 | 192 | 187 | Slow | 11 | 4 |
Longbowman
Longbowman is exclusive to Britain only and has increased attack value compared to its counterpart.
Tier | Civ | Age | ![]() |
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4 | Britain | ![]() |
202 | 192 | 187 | Slow | 11 | 4 |
Chu-No-Ku
Chu-No-Ku is exclusive to China only and has increased attack and defense value compared to its counterpart.
Tier | Civ | Age | ![]() |
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4 | China | ![]() |
197 | 197 | 187 | Slow | 11 | 4 |
Hwarang
Hwarang is exclusive to Korea only and has increased defense value compared to its counterpart.
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4 | Korea | ![]() |
192 | 202 | 187 | Slow | 11 | 4 |
Janissary
Janissary is exclusive to Ottoman and has increased attack and health value compared to its counterpart.
Tier | Civ | Age | ![]() |
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4 | Ottoman | ![]() |
197 | 192 | 182 | Slow | 11 | 4 |
Royal Crossbowman
Royal Crossbowman is the best archer in the archer category and has dramatically improved attack, defense power. This unit is available for training at Tier 5.
Tier | Civ | Age | ![]() |
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5 | Most | ![]() |
220 | 216 | 212 | Very Slow | 13 | 10 |
Elite Longbowman
Elite Longbowman is exclusive to Britain and has increased attack.
Tier | Civ | Age | ![]() |
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5 | Britain | ![]() |
232 | 216 | 211 | Very Slow | 13 | 10 |
Elite Chu-No-Ku
Elite Chu-No-Ku is available to China only and has increased attack / defense value.
Tier | Civ | Age | ![]() |
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5 | China | ![]() |
227 | 222 | 212 | Very Slow | 13 | 10 |
Elite Hwarang
Elite Hwarang is exclusive to Korea only and has increased defense value.
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5 | Korea | ![]() |
221 | 227 | 212 | Very Slow | 13 | 10 |
Elite Janissary
Elite Janissary is exclusive to Ottoman only and has increased attack / health value.
Tier | Civ | Age | ![]() |
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5 | Ottoman | ![]() |
227 | 216 | 216 | Very Slow | 13 | 10 |